-=[ Quoting Kenneth Pierce to All ]=-
 ND> Hello Scott! your message on 12-06-96 about LINE CONNECTORS
 -> Nope... All supra 28.8s have their phone connectors wired in
 -> parallel (So the relay doesn't turn the line out jack off).  Why?
 -> Who knows...
 -> Hans
 ->
 KP> To prevent interrupting the modem when some one picks up a phone,
 KP> I have a unit from Radio Shack... part number 43-107
 KP> called Tele Protector. I don't know if they still sell them, but it
 KP> would be along side of the phone-connectors stuff. About 2 inches
 KP> square, and may say somethin about "prevent eves dropping".
 KP> Cost was about $6.00, but that was a couple of years ago.
 KP> Any phone connected "behind" it is disabled if any thing else is
 KP> on line.  I wouldn't be without mine. Example: it is plugged in
 KP> between phone upstairs and wall, so that phone can never interrupt my
 KP> modem downstairs.. (or listen in).
 KP> Hope this is of help... Kenny P
I cut the connector off one of these teleprotectors and spliced it into
my main phone line.  My phone wiring is like a "Y", with the modem on one
side and the rest of the house on the other.  When the modem is in use,
the rest of the house is cut off.  This not only prevents a telephone
from interrupting your modem session, it also gives the modem line more
signal strength.  It eliminates the voltage drops from your other ringers.
I orignally came up with this idea when I was using a Practical Peripherals
PM14400FXSA modem which couldn't sense "RING" and "BUSY" because the line
levels were too low.
                                Phil
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